Saturday, August 20, 2011

Liberty Belle, Issue 1 (not really)

As the creeping hand of totalitarianism stretches its covetous grasp across Europe, one peerless woman dares toll the resounding, clarion peal of freedom! With the oppressive forces of darkness encroaching around her, Liberty Belle lives only to fight and to let her message ring: let us live to make men free!

PLUS: Back on the home front, matchless Ma Hunkel cleans up the mean streets like an unstoppable cyclone of blue-collar justice!

I enjoyed drawing this so well that I immediately drew a second issue's cover. I'll post it after it goes up on the DC Fifty-Too site.

The composition is based on the poster below. Hopefully, this reads as informed reference and not as low-down swiping.The original is, of course, a much better piece of design, but mine has Ma Hunkel hefting a giant wrench.

Thanks! There's been some interest in prints of the two Belle covers. We'll see if that happens.

Daniel,

I agree, entirely. The thing that I don't get about the reboot is how similar all the titles seem to be. Dan Didio even mentioned that they added OMAC so that they could represent every kind of comics storytelling. I was flabbergasted. They're not even scratching the surface. Even if you substitute the word "comics" with "superhero," there are so many more kinds of stories they could tell. DCFifty-Too is a pretty clear example of this.

Roberto,

Nao's don't have clappers, so you have to hit them with something. This is why Bell of Splendid Awakening has that wooden mallet. Although, she has enough kung fu that she can probably ring it just fine with her fist.